When I woke up the next morning I just wanted to stay in bed, I knew I had to get up though. I went downstairs and sat out on the porch with mom. I heard footsteps coming up behind me and I turned my head to see Michael walking towards us. I glanced at mom and saw she had a serious face on her. I knew that was my time to scram, so I got up quickly and went into the kitchen to make myself breakfast. I went and got some bread, put in in the toaster, and waited. I got my food and slowly ate some of it. The rest I gave to Sam who just walked down the stairs.
Later on, Michael and I decided we were going to get out of the house. I put on my old leather jacket, heading downstairs. Mom's "boyfriend" was coming over and we didn't want to be here to see that. We ignored whatever mom was saying to us and went to the door. Max was standing there holding flowers for Mom
"Hey, how are you doing? You must be Michael and Ashley." Max said, looking at the both of us. I moved so I was behind Michael looking at max apprehensively. Max said, looking at the both of us.
"And you must be Max…" Michael said looking at him, smirking. Max asked if he could be invited in and Michael said sure, smirking at him. Michael pushed through him and I followed bumping my shoulder against him. Michael and I got on his bike and he went off, heading for the boardwalk. Once we got there he parked the bike and got off. I got off the bike after him and he started walking. I followed after him, dodging all the people. He found the boys and he pulled Marko back getting in David's face. I went behind him and put my hand on his shoulder.
"Where is she?" he asked holding on to David. David laughed in his face.
"Take it easy Michael." David said.
"Where is Star, David?" he asked again more harshly.
"Michael, you ever want to see Star again, you better come with us now." he answered Michael. David walked away heading towards their bikes. Paul came up behind me and put his arm around my shoulder, smirking at me. My face turned a light pink. I tried to ignore him, walking after my brother. He got on his bike and I moved in his direction. Paul stopped me.
"Hey where do you think you're going?" he asked, smirking at me. He gripped my hand, intertwining our fingers, and pulled me to his bike. "Get on." He said, holding the bike so it wouldn't move. I got on quickly, and he handed me a helmet. He paused for a second then grabbed my arms. I jumped in fear and shock but all he did was wrap them around his waist tightly. I held on and he took off leaving the others behind. I laid my head on his back, in a way cuddling against him. With how fast the bike was going and how cold it was, I was freezing. A few minutes later we were on the beach. The bike stopped and we both got off. I had goose bumps on my arms and legs. I was walking aimlessly towards a tree, rubbing my arms for warmth. Paul walked behind me and shrugged out of his leather, handing it to me. I looked at him shocked, took it, and put it on slowly.
"Thank you." I said looking at the ground, walking towards a tree. I sat down at the base with my knees pulled to my chest and Paul sat down next to me. He moved closer and put his arm around my shoulders, looking into my eyes. I looked away, blushing.
"So why did you move here?" he asked. I glanced back at him and pulled his jacket closer to me for warmth.
"Well um… my mom wanted to be close to my grandpa in case something happened." I said looking into his eyes. He nodded his head looking as though he was in deep thought. I was starring forward when all of a sudden I felt his cold fingers pulling my face towards him. We were staring into each other's eyes when he leaned in. I leaned in close and our lips touched.